When the news spread that the instructor was about to go to the battlefield of resistance against Japan, the entire Yulin Military Division suddenly boiled. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Zhou Weiguo, Chen Zhengxiang and other brigade commanders rushed to the division headquarters one after another, asking Zhang Cheng to bring their troops to fight against the Japanese invaders.

Zhang Cheng knew that all the troops wanted to go to the anti-Japanese battlefield, but the base areas could not leave behind the troops, especially considering that the Japanese army had now occupied most of Chahar and Suiyuan, and the base areas such as Ordos and Baotou were very likely to become the next targets of the Japanese army's aggression.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Zhang Cheng decided to leave the 3rd Brigade, the 6th Brigade, and the Cavalry Brigade, which were good at defense, in the base area, and after reporting to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters for approval, Zhou Weiguo, commander of the 3rd Brigade, would serve as the commander of the garrison of the Yulin Military Division, responsible for the overall defense of the Yulin base area.

Two days later, the instructor was ready to go on the expedition, and Zhang Cheng led the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th brigades, plus a large force of more than 40,000 people directly under the division, to cross the Yellow River with great courage and high spirits, and marched east along the Jiaxian and Loufan roads to the east, heading towards Xinkou.

However, when the instructor crossed the Yellow River, he soon found that Jin Province was completely chaotic at this time, and many people fled to the southwest with their families.

In addition to the common people, many factories and schools are being relocated as a whole, and most of Hebei Province and Jindong have fallen, and they are afraid of being persecuted and devastated by the Japanese army, so they have to flee away from their hometowns and flee to the southwest region that has not yet been trampled by the Japanese army.

Soon, the fleeing people, students, and workers found that a huge army was marching towards them from the west bank of the Yellow River, apparently rushing to the anti-Japanese front.

It was the first time for the fleeing people to see such a high-morale and well-groomed unit, and this kind of contingent, which was completely different from the temperament of the Kuomintang army, quickly attracted everyone's attention.

"Whose troops are this? Although I can recognize the military uniform as our government's team, I remember that the government's team does not have such a strong momentum as this army, and the spirit is completely incomparable! ”

"Yes, if the Jin Sui army in our hometown has such good morale, it won't be beaten by the devil and lose its armor? Is it the Central Army? I remember that the only one in China that is stronger than the Jin Sui Army is the Central Army. ”

"Then you guessed wrong, this is the Eighth Route Army under the leadership of the Workers' and Peasants' Party, I heard that they fought with the Central Army a few years ago, and the Central Army dispatched a million troops to defeat them, but let them occupy a large piece of territory in northern Shaanxi, and now it is becoming more and more prosperous."

"The Workers' and Peasants' Party? Isn't it the Workers' and Peasants' Party in 'China's hope in Yan'an' that Mr. Lu Xun said, as soon as we look at their army, we know that Mr. Lu Xun has not lied to us, or we will not go to the Kuomintang region, but to the northern Shaanxi Soviet region. ”

On the way to escape, the students looked at the troops singing red songs and neatly groomed, and felt that the Workers' and Peasants' Party with such troops would certainly not be bad, and they became very interested in northern Shaanxi under the rule of the Workers' and Peasants' Party.

Just when the instructor was full of confidence and went to the Xinkou battlefield, Yan Laoxi, the commander of the second theater, was commanding the Jin Sui army to fight in Xinzhou, and the Japanese army had just captured Datong at this time, and the 140,000 troops were approaching Taiyuan at the same time in two directions, north and south.

"Commander, a telegram has just been sent from the front line, the Great Wall defense line has been lost, the Seventh Army has been routed on all fronts, and the Japanese army has pursued to Dai County, which is less than a hundred miles away from Xinkou!" I saw an adjutant come to Yan Laoxi with a telegram, and said in a panic.

"What? Even Fu Zuoyi can't stop the Japanese army! Yan Laoxi said angrily.

"Commander Fu has led the whole army to retreat to Yuanping, and the Japanese army has also chased after him, approaching Yuanping and Xinkou, and the Japanese army in Ji Province has also captured Shijiazhuang and is approaching Taiyuan."

"It's over, now the Japanese army is obviously attacking Taiyuan from the north and south, what should the old man do?" Yan Laoxi looked at the military map on the wall and said in a panic.

"Commander, now that the Japanese have pressed the border, the situation is so erosive, Jin Province is about to be lost! I think we should stop thinking about the issue of parties and forces, and hurry up to ask the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army for help! ”

Yan Laoxi patted his head: "Yes, yes, yes, there are also the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army, where are the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army?" "Yan Laoxi has been forced into a desperate situation, as soon as Xinkou is lost, Taiyuan will not be protected, at this time he still wants to keep the territory of Jin Province, even if it is to drink doves to quench his thirst.

"Commander, the Eighth Route Army has already sent their most powerful troops to Xinkou for reinforcements, and Wei Lihuang of the Central Army has also taken the Fourteenth Army to Yangquan to block the Japanese army advancing eastward."

"Wait, isn't the most powerful unit of the Eighth Route Army the 115th Division, they just finished the battle of Pingxingguan and are still repairing, what the hell is this instructor you are talking about?" Yan Laoxi wondered.

"Report to the commander, the instructor of the Eighth Route Army is the boy scouts of the former Red Army, and the Workers' and Peasants' Party's territory in the northwest was all fought down by them, and the powerful Ma Jia Army in the northwest was also annihilated by them."

"Alas, as soon as you say the old man of the Boy Scouts, you will know that this army can indeed fight very well, and we do need their reinforcements. You hurry up and give the old man an order, ask the instructor of the Eighth Route Army to speed up the reinforcements, and the left flank defense line of Xinkou will be handed over to them. Yan Laoxi ordered.

"Yes, I'm going to draft the order."

"Wait, remember to explain to the departments, the Eighth Route Army came to reinforce the Boy Scouts, this force is very fierce, don't provoke them if you have nothing to do, and now is the time when our Jin Sui Army is in danger, and we must not engage in friction with the Eighth Route Army, you know?" Yan Laoxi knew what kind of bird nature his subordinates were, and in order to prevent them from causing a big deal, he hurriedly and solemnly ordered.

"Yes!"

"In addition, hurry up and order, I want to go back to Taiyuan immediately, since Wei Lihuang is here, I have to go to greet him in person, I can't let them think that the old man doesn't understand etiquette."

"Yes!"

In mid-October 1937, under the fierce attack of the Japanese army, the Kuomintang army in Jin Province retreated again and again, successively abandoned the Great Wall defense line from Yanmen Pass to Pingxingguan, retreated to the Xinkou area to set up defenses, and moved the battle line south.

Xinkou terrain is dangerous, leaning on Wutai Mountain on the right, leaning on Yunzhong Mountain on the left, it is a strategic place, it is the gateway to Taiyuan in the north of Shanxi, and it is also the last line of defense to defend Taiyuan, and the battle of Xinkou has become the key to determining the war situation in Jin Province.

At the moment of the great enemy, Yan Laoxi did not care about the difference between parties and factions, and successively telegraphed the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to ask the instructor to quickly rush to Laoxian and Yuanping for reinforcements to block the Japanese army from moving south. For the sake of the united front, the commander and Mr. Zhu agreed to Yan Laoxi's request and ordered the instructor to rush to Yuanping.